A 200-year-old Torah that was once used by synagogues in Saskatchewan and Quebec finds a final resting place—at a museum in Winnipeg
A sefer Torah believed to have been written in Central Europe 230 years ago has been given a final resting place in a Winnipeg museum after its most recent users in the Montreal area gratefully returned the scroll to the Prairies after three decades. The Torah had been given to the now defunct South Shore […]
Saskatchewan and Manitoba become the fourth and fifth Canadian provinces to make Holocaust education mandatory
The Saskatchewan government announced Nov. 20 that Holocaust education will be mandatory in the province’s high schools, starting in the 2025-26 school year. Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario have already included Holocaust education as a mandatory part of their curriculum. “Antisemitism, unfortunately, is a prejudice that remains a problem in Canada,” said education minister Jeremy […]
